Summary
Hoping to find inspiration and rekindle his failing marriage, writer
Alan Kolbler takes a trip to Haiti with his young wife Lola. The
change of scenery achieves nothing and whilst Kolber drowns his sorrows
in alcohol, his wife involves herself with another man, Philippe
Devignat. When a stranger attempts to rob him, Kolber becomes
violent and kills his aggressor. His clothes stained with blood,
the writer returns to Lola, who agrees to help him to hide all trace of
his crime. Unfortunately, the murder was witnessed by a
couple...
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Credits
- Director: Francis Girod
- Script: David Goodis, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Francis Girod
- Photo: Charles Van Damme
- Music: Georges Delerue
- Cast: Claude Brasseur (Alan Kolber), Sophie Marceau (Lola Kolber), Betsy Blair (Mrs. Burns), Hippolyte Girardot (Philippe Devignat), Sidiki Bakaba (Theophile Bijou), Umban U’kset, Baaron, Jean-Baptiste Tiemele, Sotigui Kouyaté, Gérard Rinaldi (Elvis), Cyliane Guy, Thierry Ravel
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 88 min
- Aka: Descent Into Hell
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